My GA Obsession

Christina: Just when I think you are boring, You Rise!
Meredith: Guilt does not go anywhere, it brings its friends - doubt and insecurity along to stay- Amoding

Celebrating Africa; Charles Onyango-Obbo and 'Uganda's Poorly Kept Secrets' David Oluka

Yesterday, I chose to celebrate being African. Its writers, musicians, and greats who have inspired not only me but Afrcia and the world. So I got to reading (Charles) Onyango-Obbo's book, 'Uganda's Poorly Kept Secrets'. Obbo, raises some interesting concepts on family, politics, economy, religion and society. He at once touches the whole of African life in a simplicity which captures any and every age. With real life examples leaving a feeling of oneness with Africa, as these issues which although Ugandan are felt in the lives of every African one way or another. His analysis of religion and its impact on politics and upbringing is like a gentle soda opener on a soda bottle. It calmly tears away the veil and leaves you to enjoy the secrets within. As he describes and compares his years at the Catholic O Level school, St. Leo's, and those of his brother at the Protestant A Level School, Nyakasura, his unusual insight digs away the differences we see in society and separates the soil from the hole. It brought upon me the feeling I had reading the lots of Great African writers that preceded him. If you want to understand Africa better and the impact Uganda has on it, I recommend this book. It is sad that we do not honor our African writers and Artists because the world is too big with a a pool of 6bn+ people to consider, but that does not stop us from honoring our own.

"... am more African than I will ever be Ugandan. Being Ugandan is a nationality concept that is so recent that it has not even penetrated my system yet. I was just thinking this week how my parents were not born Ugandan. When they were born Uganda was not a state, we were Africans! Plain, Pure Africans without the tag of a Nation state to justify our existence ... maybe am just reclaiming the self I am meant to be."Amoding Oluka

Reclaiming & Reinventing Me

Am more female than Ugandan,  more black than Ugandan,  more ...INTJ and above all more Jew than I will ever be Ugandan. Being Ugandan is a nationality concept that is so recent that it has not penetrated the core of who I am. I have been pondering on the fact that my parents were not born Ugandan. When they were born,  Uganda was not a state, we were tibal peoples, nomads fleeing from our lands - not sure why but the one reason I have been given is the need for greener pastures for out animals. We were pure Negras with no tag of a Nation state definition to justify our existence...  so today I cease to respond to those tags. To the notion of belonging to a national state. To being placed in a box. Today I am reclaiming the self I am meant to be....the person I really am.

 

Only say 'I love you', when its absolutely obvious - Bonaa Mohamed

I love him. Even I, am wondering whether it is right to say  it. But Bonaa tells me that I can only say "I love you" when its absolutely obvious."   When I wake  he is there, he is the first thing I get to see. After am done with my ablutions, I turn him on. He is the one I want to hear , feel and look at , because for me he holds the realities of life. He tells me what  I should expect during the day, he sets my schedules for me, he lets me use him without obstruction. He is the last thing I see and touch before I trail off to sleep. Sometimes I think, and yes I know he works more than I do. Sometimes I forget to let him rest, I let him just keep going on. This is selfish I know, but he does not complain, not usually. Only when I have pushed him too far does he freeze, he reminds me to be gentle, and then we restart and he is okay. So when I say I love you,  how much more obvious can it be? I love you Dell. I love that we are always together, I love that you know my thoughts because you hold them, Sometimes I wish you could say something but I guess its better that we  have this silent relationship. Its probably all I need right now. And for what its worth, Dell I appreciate you!